First Quarter Summit
— February 9, 2022 —
This new ecosystem of cyber experts (CIG) engages a broad range of professionals from the public and private sectors to better understand threats and responses.
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This new ecosystem of cyber experts (CIG) engages a broad range of professionals from the public and private sectors to better understand threats and responses.
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Our first summit meeting of the year focused on topics including:
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understanding threats like ransomware and how it’s impacting partnerships
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red lines when it comes to industrial control systems
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what happens now with data corruption in the mix
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what’s actually driving the talent shortage and how must we address it
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is there a difference between hack back and democratized defense
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how to better educate Congress on the art of the possible in cyber right now
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Summit Agenda
Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM EST
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10:00a – 10:10a
AN OPEN SOURCE RUNDOWN OF CYBER HEADLINES
A welcome by co-hosts Suzanne Kelly and Rick Ledgett
10:10a – 10:45a
ON THE US CYBER DIRECTOR’S RADAR
A KEYNOTE ADDRESS & CONVERSATION
with National Cyber Director Chris Inglis
moderated by General David Petraeus (Ret.)
10:45a – 10:50a
A PRIVATE SECTOR VIEW ON CYBER
with Kelly Bissell, Global Cyber Lead, Accenture
10:50a – 10:55a
A PRIVATE SECTOR VIEW ON CYBER
with Jim Allen, Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
10:55a – 11:00a
A PUBLIC-PRIVATE VIEW ON CYBER
with Matt Hayden, Former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Cyber
11:00a – 11:35a
LOG4J AND WHAT IT IS TEACHING US ABOUT GAPS IN CYBERSECURITY
A FIRESIDE CHAT with CISA Chief of Staff Kiersten Todt
moderated by Frank Cilluffo, Auburn University
11:35a – 12:15p
THE RISE OF RANSOMWARE
A Conversation Moderated by Rick Ledgett
Expert Guests: Jim Allen, Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton / Kelly Bissell, Accenture Global Cyber Lead / Sandra Joyce, EVP, Global Intelligence & Advanced Practices, Mandiant
12:15p – 12:20p
POLL/COFFEE BREAK
12:20p – 1:00p
THE CIG’S INNOVATION DEBATE
TOPIC: How 1929 & the formation of the SEC can help us think differently about today’s cyber challenges
A proposal for debate led by The Hon. Susan Gordon, Fmr. PDDNI
with General David Petraeus (Ret.), Jeanette Manfra, Former Director of Risk & Compliance, Google Cloud; Former Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications, DHS, and Kelly Bissell, Accenture Global Cyber Lead
1:00p – 1:25p
THE WILD CARD
Are we suffering a failure of imagination in Cyber?
1:25p – 1:55p
THE BLURRED LINES BETWEEN NATION STATES AND CRIMINAL GROUPS
A KEYNOTE & CONVERSATION
with Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General John Carlin
1:55p – 2:00p
POLL/COFFEE BREAK
2:00p – 2:45p
WHAT HAPPENS IN UKRAINE WON’T STAY IN UKRAINE
A CIG PRINCIPAL’S CONVERSATION led by Dmitri Alperovitch
With General Keith Alexander (Ret.), The Hon. Susan Gordon, General David Petraeus (Ret.) and Christopher Krebs
2:45p – 3:00p
CYBER OPTIONS DEBRIEF
Led by Rick Ledgett and Suzanne Kelly
3:00p – 3:05p
POLL/COFFEE BREAK
3:05p – 3:35p
ADDRESSING THE TALENT PIPELINE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS HARD
A FIRESIDE CHAT between Rick Ledgett and Teresa Shea
3:35p – 3:55p
SUMMIT PRINCIPAL’S DEBRIEF
Led by Suzanne Kelly and Rick Ledgett
3:55p – 4:00p
THANK YOU AND GOODBYE
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